Thread-parting mechanism for looms.



APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1 912.

4 Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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A ity's A.B.RHO ADES. THREAD mmme MEGHANISM FOR LOOMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1912.

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anonzo E. nnoanns, or nor nnann, nassacnnssrrs, assrenon 'ro DRAPER coar- PANY, on HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, a oonroenr'ron' or name,

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Specification of Letters Iatent;

Patented Dec. 1 13, with Application-filed nine 10, 1am. serial-sarcasm.

To all whom'tt may concern:

Be it knownthat l', AnoNzo E. RHo DEs, a citizen of the United-States, and resident of Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have" invented an Improvement in Thread-Parting Mechanism for Looms, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to automatic looms of the feeler type wherein the filling in the working shuttle is replenished by the insertion thereinto of a bobbin of fresh filling while the weaving operation continues, and it has for its object the production of novel means for parting the old filling-end when filling replenishment iseilected.

It is. well known to those skilled in the art that when filling replenishment is to be effected the old filling extends from the cloth to the shuttle eye and thence to the bobbin about to be ejected, and various mechanisms have. been devised-to part this old filling-end in such manner that the fresh or incoming filling will not be fouled or tangled with the old end. 1

With that object in View thevold filling-- endis usually parted adjacent the selvage by some form of temple thread-cutter. and at or near the inner end of the shuttle by.

- another cutter,-sometimescarried by the shuttle-feeler, and it has also been proposed to cut the filling adjacent the base of the bobbin when the shuttle has a teeter opening in its front wall, as shown in United States Patent No. 866,052 granted to Northrop September 17, 1907.- These various structure's perform their work well, but all of them leave a loose end'of filling several inches in length, say from 6 to 10 inches, outside the shuttle, and when the bobbin is ejected this piece must be drawn backward and out of the eye in order to clear the latter. In pract ce this clearing is not always effected, as the loose end or titling may be caught between the shuttle and the box wall, thereby unwinding the filling from the spent bobbinflasit drops from the shuttle, or the filling end will not be drawn completely through and out of the eye, with the result that the fresh filling is apt to total or be come tangled with. the old end, andmay' carry the latter back into the cloth, making a fault or imperfection therein. y

In my present invention 1 have ,So con structed and arranged the mechanism that the old filling end is parted just outside the shuttle eye, leaving practically about an inch to be drawn back through and out of the eye by the ejected bobbin, so that the latter has barely passed out of the shuttle before the eye thereof is completely cleared. Thus there is no possibility of touling thet'resh filling, for ordinarily the latter. does not enter the eye until after the mo ement of the shuttle from the replenishing box has be un, and there'is no chance for the parted filling-end to be caught between the shuttle and the loox-wall as the latter is cut out or apertured for the positioning of the parting device and the filling when parted lies in the longitudinally grooved part of the front wall of the shuttle adjacentthe eye. In connection with the device to part the filling adjacent the shuttle eye I also use a suitable temple thread-patter,- and preferably an intermediate parting device on the shut-tle-feeler. Thus the old filling-end is cut or parted in three places, and one oft-he two pieces thus severed is held temporarily by the intermediate parter, while the other piece is held in a similar manner by the device which parts the filling adjacent the shuttle eye; Consequently there is no loose end or piece of the filling which can. be carried back into the cloth by the shuttle as it is picked after replenishment of filling.

Thevarious novel features of my inventionwill be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a right hand side elevation and ha t section of a sufficient portion of an automatic filling replenishing loom. with my present invention applied thereto, the thread parting mechanism being shown in normal, inoperativeposition, ,and. the lav, shown in section on the line 11. Fig. 3, is

just about at front center; Fig. 2 is a top out to save space, and nlustratlng the'temple and feeler thread-parting devices as well as the device for parting the filling adjacent.

the shuttle-eye, all parts of the filling replenislnng .rnechanism being omitted" to avoid confusion; Fig. 3 is a top plan view,

broken out, "of the mechanism shown, in

Fig. 1 .4 is a frontview ofthe mechanismj for parting the filling adjacent the 'oshuttle eye, the outer end of the lay being broken ofi; F,ig. 5 is a" detail of a portion of the niecha-nismshown in Fig. 1 but with the blades open and in readiness to cooperate with "and part the filling-end adjacent the eye of'the shuttle as the lay advances; Fig.

is a perspective -view of the sliding carri'e1 v onwhich are'mounted the devices for parting the fillingeend adjacent the. shuttleeye, with such devices omitted; Fig. '7 is a toppl-an view of the latch-releasing memf bet-shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, to r *f-"feil'red to hereinafter.

' :The lay A, replenishipr' q; shuttle-box I B- '{thereon, the temple C aving a threadparten'apartly indicated at 1), Fig.2, the

shuttle-feeler E movable across the mouth 'ofg-the .shuttle-box When filling replenishmerit is Lcalled for and the shuttle F is properly boxed, the combined-thread-parter and clamp mounted on the shuttle-feele'r. to part and clamp the ,oldfilling-end H, Fig. 2, at a point near the inner end ofthe shuttle, the transferrer '1', shown in dotted lines.

general all of. well known construction and operate in.a familiar manner.

The rock-shaft L is turned in the direc '4-sltion ofth'earrow M, Fig. 1, whenfilling rev plenishmentiscalled-for through the operation ofv a usual filling-exhaustion indicating or feeler mechanism, in a known manner.

I Referring to Fig. 1 the bottom of the Shllt'.

.50 tle-box B is slotted at N to permit the pa'ssage therethrough of a bobbin e ected from the shuttle, and the lay is cut away at O beneath said reason. The general I of the temple and feeler thread-parting devices shown'in Fig. 2 are substantially such as shown in my prior Patent No. 875,461-

' dated December 31, 1907, and they have 'been ch'osen as typical and for'illustrative.

purposes, for my present inventioni's ot either of such-parting devices. P re resentsa'por on of the loom side,

' restricted to particular construction f Q a ho bin in the shuttle F, and is f dinal guideway 11 substantially 'T-shaped in guideway being separated vertically-the enshuttle-box for a similar structure and arrangement means usual-longitudinal groove in the outer-face of the front wallof the shuttle, exten'din from the eye K toward the opposite end 0 the shuttle.

In accordance with mypresent invention;- the front wall of the shuttle F is provided wlthan upright recess 2 a short" distance back of theeye K, the upright rear wall 3- of such recess being slightly beveled as shown in Figs. 1 and 5 to permit proper'cooperation of the thread-parting members or blades with the filling end, as'w'ill be more clearly understood hereinafter.

The front wall or plate 4 of the shuttlebox B is of-novel construction, it being increased in height nearits outer end and provided with an opening -5 opposite to which the recess 2 of the shuttle is located at the time of filling replenishment, the bottom flange of the box wall being beveled 5 at 6 at the bottom of the opening 5, and the wall itself has alongitudinal slot 7 extending from the opening 5 to the inner end of the wall as SllO WJI' clearly in '.Figs.- 3 and 45, said slot being opposite the groove R in the front wall of the shuttle,-when the lat ter is boxed. Y Y I -When thefold filling-end is parted-adja'cent the shuttle-eye theparti'ng devices pass through'the opening 5 in the box-wall and enter the recess 2 in the shuttle-wall.

Upon the loom side P at the front thereof is bolted a peculiarly shaped bracket 8 having a horizontal shelf-like top 9, said bracket. as a whole extending outwardly substantially at right angles to the loom side'and having secured to or for ning'part of it at its outer end a substantially horizontal rigid and rearwardly projecting extension 10 grooved and slotted to provide a longitucross section, asshown in Fig.4, the parallel and horizontal lips- 12 at thefront of the tire length of said extension;

dinal ribs 14, the widenedrearpart 15 0fthe-carrier extending laterally between the lips 12 and beyond the outer face of the extension 10, as best shown in Fig; 3. Said part.- 15 at its front end sustains. lateral *st-uds 16,117, the latter'and uppermost-stud being embraced by the hub 18 vofa-linktlQ- extended-loosely through'an apertured boss 2O on the upper-end of an arn1-2l fixed on.

the bracket 8. I 7

1. A 'spring24is' coiled sauna. link is 125 between the boss 20' and the-hub 18, and a (cotter-pin 25 'or other suit-abledevice prevents. withdrawal of the frontjendv of the link from the boss." The rock-sh'aft 22 carries a short rocker arm 26 pivotally .con- 130 11o An elongated'carrier 13, shown separately. f in Fig. 6 is mounted to. slide in the 'guidea way and is retained therein bylthe longituas was? e iati s; a turned arm .32 rigidly. attached to "the nected by a link 27 with the lower end 015 a lever 28 having. a lateral pivot stud 29 an i. k, in a h a in 1 3 9 I he up' e "entit gain; .31 with.

e a al 'ieereekah tt :W e k" shaft sgturned .inthe, direction of the arrow l\I,. when, fillingreplenishment'is called tor the link 2 7. and rockerarm 26 the shaft 22 thegga'rm 32. is swung fr-outward. or to the left,'- F ig. 1, rocking the lever 28 and through 'isturned in the direction of the arrow. 33,

.to swing ;thei.;arma21 rearward. Said arm aetsfilien through the; spring 243to slide. the

Carmen-13 rearwardly. in the extension 10,

. thewspring being;of sufiicient strength to ;:cause'the proper-movement ofthe carrier, butpreventlng breakage should any undue resistance to such movement of the carrier IIIfGEVQHG...

andA, tovperm'it. the free rearward movement ofthe rocker arnr26-at such time. p %As best shown inFig. 6 the lower stud 16 projects Ifrom av depending portion 35 of the part 15 of the. carrier, and an abutment 35 iatwee'n the abutment 3-6 and the seat 37. The

" 3'3 the other end'of thespring being bent over 46' shown separately in on vertical "stud afidependingfrom-the stud 16 has mountedupon it the hub. of a' rearu' ardly "extended latch 40 having a downturned hooked end 41, said latch. being later a'lly'oifset from a frontwardly extended tail 42'secured t0-or f'o'rminga-part of the f latch", and. having a beveled face-43; the latch being depressed by a suitable spring 14 wound around the stud-16 and attached at one end to 'acollar -45 pinned to the stud,

tliiiltop of the latch as shown in Figs. 1,

The ta'ilof the latchis'arrangedv to co or tripping member ojp erate with a releasing Fig; 7, and pivoted bottom ofthe extension 10 so that the rei 458,, see dotted said released; member normally in thepost. tion showir'in vFig. '3 with its heel 49 against.

a-stoppin' 5001i the extension 10. 'i

The frontIendof the m'ember'AGis' pro...-

5 longed at '51, and beveled on 'its nnder iaqe I ea ng part of theb'racketjS acting-to maintain the;

. anlava-"28 1s.pa tia l as will be explained memberwil'l swing beneath the same .iiia substantially horizont'al-pat-ma spring: lines Fig. 3 and full; lines Fig. 4, being seated in a 'so :ket,- in? the front? endofthemember 16 andbear-ing against a 1 enter the slide 39 in'the carrier 13.

at 52, and the rear end of the prolongation 51 is rounded in at 53, Fig. 7 to the width ofthe main part of said member.

Vhen the partsarein the position shown 1n Elg r and 3,;that is, with the carrier 13 its adjuncts retracted, the latch tail 4:2 "eX tends ben'eatht he vfront end of" the releasing .mfimb r 46with the cam tace4c3 beneath I and forward of the beveled face 52. When thearm 21 is swung to the right, Fig. '1, and

* thecarrierf-is moved rearward the latch and its tail are moved bodily with the carrier and thecam face 13 wipes; over the face 52 of the releasing member depressing the tail andliftin g the latch into the position shown in Fig. 5, and the latch remains in such lifted position untiladditional rearward movement of the carrier moves the extremit v of. the tailrearward beyond the part 53' of the releasing membenf Thereupomtthe latch spring 44 operates to depress the latch and elevate the tail thereof. Thereafter on the frontward or return movement of the carrier 13 the latch tail. Wipes against the convex port-ion 53 and pushes the member 4:6

to the left, viewing Fig. 3, until the latch.

tail can movepast the extension 51. Immediately thereafter the spring 18 expands and returns the releasing member to the position shown in Figsl and 8, and the latch and its tail occupy the position relative thereto,-

shown clearly in Fig.1. The' niember 16 thus acts to release or render inoperative the latch on the rearward movement of the carrier, and the latch tail operates on. the frontward or return movement of the carrier to swing the releasing member to one side until after the latch tail and latch have.re-

assumed their normal position "with the latch operative, as Wlll be explained.

The parting and clamplng members com-' prise a fixed blade 5& having its upright rear edge 55 sharpened, a cooperating mov- Yable blade 56 and a clamping blade 57 the movable blade 56 being interposed between the blades 5a and 57, and cooperating with the former to cut or .to part the old filling end, and. cooperating with the blade 57 to clamp or hold the inner end ofthe parted filling.

"The blades 54, 57 are set upr ght in'paralvlelisnr'nand are, attached to theseat 37 by .suitable rivets 58, 'a spacing member 59 be mg interposed between the lower portions of the said blades. to separate them sufliciently for the proper movement of the blade I Theblade 56 is substantia'lly L-shaped,the depending portion there- Bot having -60'Yprovided witha laterally extended keeper '61, said bladehaving a rigidlyattached pin 56 between them.

.an attached and thickened heel 62 extended laterally from its innerside to .The heel 60, is socketed to reteive 50f a spring. 6.8. the... other end "of the spring one. end

.being seated in the socket 38in the carrier abutment 36; This spring. tends to throw.

b1ade 56-.;is-nioved'forward it is drawn between the ifix'ed. blades 55, 57' andthj-fill?" the movable blafd'ej56 into the positionshown in Fig. 5 when th rear end of the slot 39,,a-ndth e'heel 60'fbears against the bottom of the-carrier. [The rear" end. of theblade 56' is downturned or hooked asat 64, and when the bladeis unlatched said hooked end is elevated above the level of the filling end H whenthe shuttle is in the box .B; :The' clamping member-or blade 57 the top of the blade54= -Under normal conditions the hooked end 4cl-of-the latchdO' drops over and en ages the rear face oft-hekeeper-61, and mamtains the movable-blade 56 in the po'sitionpshown-in Flgk' l, withs'aid. blade. drawn inward between the blades 54;

57, and with the heel 60 against'the upright rear face'of the abut-ment36, the stud 62 being held at the inner end of 'the'slot 39.

At this time the downturned hooked end 64:

of the movable blade .is drawn in between the rear ends of .the blades 54, .57. This hooding or protecting of the hooked endof the movable blade prevents any accidental blade 56 is swung down and'moved forward engagement'with the filling prior to the time the parting device isbrought into operation. The parts beingin the position shown in Figs. land 3 if replenishment of filling is called for, the rock sh'aft L is turned'in.

the direction Of the arrow M, Fig. 1,"and through the intervening connections the car rier l3 is movedrearward and as it reaches the position shown in Fig. 5,. the releasingmember 46 acts upon the latch tail to-raise 45. shown in- Fig.- 5', to meet the advancing-lay;-

' conipletesits, forward movement the bunter thela-tch and disengage the moved end 4.1

thereof from the keeper 6i. The spring 63' immediately expands and the movable blade As the lay beats up the shuttle in the replenishing boX'B the parting devices are in readiness to operate. The carrier 13 continues itsrearward movement somewhat beyond the-position shown in Fig. 5, and the lay moves forward so that the parting blades pass through the opening 5 in the front box wall,' and the hooked. end 6450f the blade 56 passes, over orabove the-filling-end H, and.

just aboutthis time a .bunter '66'on the lay engages the heel 60- and pushes the latter forward to thereby depress .the hooked'endor the blade 56 over the'fi'lling end.- This action is permitte'dfbythe socket or recess 2 in the front 'Wall'. of the shuttle for by reason of this recess the hooked end 6% of the blade can pass over andydown behind the filling end adjacent theshuttle-eye, and as the'lay QR rad-:11 nnl lnre nn'n'ir xat' "Han 110 111 Rn rnnirub spring-is- 'free .to act,-and at such time the fulcrumrstud-BQ is in the I cleared of the old filling;

the blade 56 ward --bodily-. ms'the patin shown in Fig. 1:1' Ajslthe hooked on 6i i ing-endgisi. seve rdl-bygthe. sharp. edge 5.5.5:

the blade 54 while'the inner end .Qf the fill.-

able blade 56.' I

.It shouldbe stated 'that a's-"soon a sthelatch tail 42 is disengaged "from the underside. of the releasing member 146: the spring 44. causes the latchFho'ok 42L i ddrop onto-the "top ofthe keeper 61 and when the hunter 1.266-

swings the blade 56' and-then moves it "forward the latch hookv a1 wi l-amp the keeper as soonas "the movable. blade; reaches the position. shown ii;1 thus-xiieloek 1 mg .that blade and I holding it in, that. posi- 1 tion as the lay goes back. Then when the.

carri'eran'd the parts mounted th'ereoni are bodily -moved. forward to the normalfposi-- tionillu'strated in Fig. 1,".t -he partin'gE-and cla'mpin'g devices at the rear end of the ear--- rier are moved-far enough forwardfto beout of the way. of the lay on successiveforward" beats until filling replenishment is again called for.

It. will be-.-understood that the movable by the action of the bunter 66 while thecare' leasing member, on the forward or.-'return movement of the-carrier; is exerted JHQR' lateral direction, and hence there is" no tendency to stud-16.

'By an inspection of;Figs. 2 and--23, it"will rock :the latch on. its fulcrum be-seen that the old filling end is parted-by 7 the blades 54, 56, adjacent the shuttlegeye K,.

inpractice' about one inch therefrom, .so

that-thereis a very short length of fillingto pull. backward through the eye when the. bobbinris ejected from. the shuttle; TlllS piece of filling i-sfso short that in practice the ejected bobbin has barely cleared the.

shuttle before the .eye thereof is completely In Fig. 2 the parts'ar devicesno damage will be done becauseany 7 j I shown just before the filling end isfp'arted the hunter 66 ap-- preaching the-heel 6O as'the-lav-beats upwould slide thelatter forward on she projecting end of the movable lolede up of the lay and it necessary the l 24 would yield to permit a forward move ,mentof the carrier and. its adjuncts,

""Ihe blade56 is a combined parting and clamping member, as will he maniifeshand the piece of filling between the thread parter on the shuttle-feeler' E and the members 56, 57 will be held vbet-Ween the two last named inernberswhen they are" returned to the position shown in Fig. hand out of the Way of the flying shuttle.

7 When the movable blade is unlocked agaln I this piece of filling will I be released as the-blades 56; separate, and it will fall I (The beveling of the wall 3 of the shuttle recess 2 permits perfect freedom of movement of the blade 56 as it is swung downward to hook over and engage the fillingen d prior toparting the same.

' The beveled bottom 3 of the openi'ng'o in the front-'Wall of the replenishing box B provides necessary clearance for the rear end of the carrier '13 at the time the parting and clamping devices are brought into oper at-i'onQ If the shuttle is not properly boxed for filling replenishment that fact- Will be indicated by the shuttle-feeler in Well known manner, and through suitable and usual mechanism the operation of the replenishing mechanism will be prevented.

' The parting devices adjacent the eye of the shuttle \vill'not operate at such time to part the old filling-end because the recess 2 of the shuttle will not be brought into po--.

sition opposite said parting devices unless the shuttle is properly boxed for replenishment, Thus the parting of the old fillingend adjacent theeye of the shuttle will not beetleeted unless filling replenishment is brought about.

My invention is not restricted to, the precise construction and arrangement herein shown and described, as the same may heinodified in various details oi? construction and arrangement by those skilled in the. art withoutdeparting from the spirit andfscope of myinvention as set forth in the claims hereunto. annexed.

' Having fully described my invention,

what Iclaini as new and desire tosecure' .mg replenishing mechanism,

by Letters Patent is: 1. In a loom provided with automatic filla shuttle having its front Wall recessed adjacent the deliver-j eye, and-means operatively positioned by or through said mechanism when replen islnne'nt is called for to enter suchdrecess and engage and-part the old filling-end adjacent-[the delivery 'eye; r Y L I QQjIn a loom' prov ded with automat c hll ingreplenishing. mechanism, a shuttle havtuation of the latter cal the lay; and i'nein'her inov erative position when replenishment is called apertured and engage a po jac-ent the eye ivl er replenishment; so: i a, means and the reple,

posit-ion the former for: o

y en conn'ectio tween said means 4 an d t ti hing mechatvisin to inov'esarid into operative" position only when replenishment is (railed ole therepart1;

7 Wit-h'to 'efiectthe aetua on of means When op eretiv ly positioned.

&. In a loom provided with mechanism replenish auton'iatically the filling in t- Working shuttle, means to cooperate with. and part the old filling-end outside the front wall of the shuttle and immediately adjacent the eye of the shuttle when the latter is boxed for replenishment, a fixed support for i i and on which the poi means is slide-hie bodily and rearward into, and forward out I of operative positioiu connections between I the replenishing ui'edninisin and said means to move the same on the support into optor and a moving member of the loom to eliect the actuation of such parting means when the same po itioned operativelyi 5. In a loom provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, a lay having a replenishing shuttleboi; a t med near it outer end means to enter aperture 0 the shuttle-box and to part the old suing adjacent the Sl'llltil'fjgt? and outside the.

shuttle when the latter is in said box the ,ieplenislnnp;

idev of the loonu and con-nee" 1 ans, and the replenish.

tiorisbetween 7. ing mechanism to non the former for opeeation when ac tuaiion of the latter effected, actuation. of the partingmeans When so positioned being etlected by or through the my on the beat up.

6. In a loom provided. with automatiofilh ing replenishing mecluiuism, a lay having :iSlNllLtlWbGX th on the replenishiir of the loom, the ont gall of the box hem near its'outer end, parting" mean, for the old filling end., bodily movable into position to through the aperture-d Wall and part the" old filling; adjacent eye of the shuttle connections "replenishin j'mechanism and the part-ing 'fected, and a movable member'of the apertured near its outer end, a shuttle havlngadjacent its eye a ,recess adapted to' register with the aperture when the shuttle is boxed for replenishment, means to pass through the aperture in the box wall and into the recess, to engage and part the old .fiHing-end adjacent the shuttle eye, and

mechanism to effect bodily movement of the parting means into position to operate when filling replenishment is called for, the actuation of said means being effected by move- .ment of the lay.

I 8.' Ina loom provided with automatic fillingreplenishing mechanism, a lay having a shuttle-box provided with a front wall apertured near its outer end, a shuttle having adjacent its eye a-recess adapted to register with the aperture when'the shuttle is boxed for replenishment, a fixed guideway opposite the aperture of said box-wall,a carrier movable longitudinally in saidguideway and provided with a fixed blade and a movable blade, means to move said carrierrearward when replenishment is called for, to position the v blades for action within the aperture, closure of the blades upon the old filling-end within the recess of the shuttle being efiected by or through movement of the lay, anda device to effect opening of the blades as the carrier is moved into operative position.

' 9. In an automatic filling replenishing I loom, a shuttle having a delivery eye and a recess in its front .wall adjacent thereto, means to part the old filling-end adjacent the cloth when. the filling is replenished, other means to enter the recess in the shuttle v walland part such filling-end adjacent the eye of-the shuttle when the latter is boxed for replenishment, and mechanism to cause said second-named means to operate when filling replenishment is called for and the' shuttle is properly boxed.

10. In an A automatic filling replenishing loom,' a shuttle having a delivery eye, means to part the old filling-end adjacent-the cloth when the filling is repl nished, other means to part such filling-end adjacent the eye of filling-end at a point near the mouth of the replenishing shuttle-box.

l1 In an automatic filling replenishing loom, a shuttle having a delivery eye, means to part the old filling-end adjacent theecloth when the filling is replenished, other means to part such filling-end adjacent'thee'ye of the shuttle when the latteris boxed for replenishment, medhanismto cause said second-named means to operate when filling replenishment 'is called forand the shuttle 1s properly boxed, and means to part the old filling-endat a point near the mouth, of

the replenishing shuttle-box, said second and third-namedmea'ns each having"v provision for clamping the parted filling at the side towardthe cloth; j

12. In a loom provided with automatic filling replenis'liing'mechanism, in combination, a ca'rrier having parting and clamping members. fixed thereon and laterally sepa'-' rated, a combined parting and clamping member between them and mounted to rock and slide on the carrier, a spring latch on the latter to cooperate with and retain said movable member in closed position, a spring to open said member] when released, a fixed support on which the carrier is slidably mounted, located opposite the replenishing shuttle-box and near its outer end, connections between the carrier and the replenish-- ing mechanism, to move the carrier and the clamping and parting members thereon'to operative position when replenishmentis called for, means to disengage the latch from the movable parting and clamping member when thecarrieris moved to'operative position, and a moving member of the loom to cooperate with and cause the un latched member to engage the old filling-end adjacent the eye of the. shuttle and part the same, the inner portion of said parted end being clamped by the movable member and the fixed clamping member when the carrier is returned to inoperative position, the operative movement of the combined clamping and parting member restoring 1t to the con- 'trol of the latch.

- 13. In a 100m provided filling replenishing mechanism, a lay, and a replenishing shuttle-box thereon having an aperture in its front wall near its outer end, in combination, means to part the old fillingend adjacent the cloth, separate means tov I with automatic enter the apertureinlthe box wall and part,

such filling-end immediately adjacent the delivery eye of the shuttle when the latter is properly boxed for v replenishment, devices to operatively position such separate means when filling replenishmentiscalled for, and} a moving member of the loom to effect]- the actuation of such means When operatively positioned. j "'14. In a loom provided I with, automatic filling replenishing. mechanism; a lay,- replemshmgshuttle-box having an aperture t-he" aperturein the box-wall and clamp and part- .suich filling-end immediately "adj acent.

the-delivery eye ofith ershuttle when boxed at the replenishing side of the loom, devices governed by the replenishing mechanism to position for operation such. separate means when replenishment is called for, anda moving-member oat the'loo'm to veffect the actua tion. of such "means toflclampand part thefilling-end only when theshuttle is" 'in proper position for-fillingreplenishment; I

5, Inf'a loom ,1 provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, a; lay, a shuttle having a-reress adjacent the eye thereof,

gmeans'to enter? the recess when the shuttle is at the replenishing side of the loom and partfthe old filling-end, devices to opera-- tively', position-the parting means when the filling "is to be replenished, saidbparting means including a rocking and slidable blade having {1.- depending heel, the lay engaging the heel to effect thejactuation of'the parting means when the sameisj in operati i U I I I i Su h box 18 mounted, the'front wall of the.

' box beingapertured near its outer end,"

tion. i

IG In a 'loom provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, a lay, a replenishing shuttle-box thereon having .a' longitudinally slotted front wall'apertured near'its outer end,- a shuttle having a recess adjacent :the delivery eye, means to pass thrQughthe .aperture in the boxwall and enterthe recess of the shuttle'whenproperly boxed for replenishment and-"to clamp and part'the old filling-end, devices td position said means 'for operation whenrreplenishmene is called for and to retract said"means thereafter,- the actuation of the clamping 4 and parting means being effected by the lay on the beat up, the'filling-end being parted adjacent "the *-eye of the shuttle and the clamped portion of' the filling-end being withdrawn through the slot of theboxiwall,

and separate fmeans to part such filling-end near the mouth of the shuttle-box. I [7, In a loom-provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, a lay, a re pleni'shing shuttle-box thereon having a longitudinally slotted front wall apertured near its outer end, means to part the old fillingend near the mouth of the shuttle-box, separate means'to pass through the aperture in the box walland'clamp and part the old filling-end adjacent theshuttle'eye, and devices to position said separate means for, operation when replenishment 1s called for and thereafterto-, retract such meansfthe clampedpiece'of fillingbeing thereby drawn through the slot of the box wall and clear of the shuttle, the lay, on the beat upefle'cting L the actuation of the said clamping and partlng means. v

In a loom Iproitided with automatic -'fil11ng replenishing mechanism, a lay', a re plen1shing shutt-le box thereon having alongitudi'nally' slotted-front wall apertured near its "outerflend, 'a shuttle-feeler and means f thereon to part the oldfilling-end when replenishmentis efiectedfseparate means to clampand part suchl filling-end. adjacent the shuttle eye, and dev ces tomove thesai dseparate means into the aperture .ofthe box wall to. "operative p'o'sition' when replenishment is called for and thereafter t'o"retractsaid means, the parting means on the shuttle- 'feeler parting the-old filling-end when; the

shuttle is boxed properly for .replenishinent,-'

such parted 'piece' of filling bein'g "clamped and withdrawn through the slot of the box wall when the'separat'emeans is retracted, the actuation; of such separate" means being efliected by or through: the lay on the beat up. 19. In a loom provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, in combinaof the loom, a carrier movable thereon'toward and from the Outer, end of "the-re plenlshing shuttle-box, j the lay on Which operatingand relatively movable blades on the carrier, to pass through the aperture and part the old fil1ing end adjacent the, eye 70f the shuttle when the shuttle is boxedt'or replenishment, a springftq open the blades, "a spring-operated latch to maintain the blades closed, devices 'to move "the carrier" into operative position I when replenishment is called for and toretract the carrier thereafter, a releasing member to render the latch inoperative when the carrier; is moved to operative position, whereby the blades are opened to cooperate with the filling-end, and means to close the blades and part the filling-end, closure of the blades restoring them to the control of the latch, retractive movement of the carrier acting to reset automatically said latch releasing member.

20. In a loom provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism, and a shuttle having a recess in its front wall adjacent the eye, in combination, relatively movable blades to enter the recess and part the old filling-end adjacent the shuttle eye, devices controlled by-the replenishing mechanism to etlect'bodily movement of said-blades into operative position -when replenishment is called for and thereafter to retract the blades, means toopen the blades when moved a movlng' member of to. operative position, v j v theloom toclose the-blades, and a latch to -tio'n,"a fixed support at 'tliereplenishing side" retain them, closed when retracted bodily and in normal position. I

-21, Ina l'oom' provided w th automatle tle having a: reeess inits fre'ntjwal lhdjaeenh? 'tiireinto-the? recess ef the; ishuttle' 'a'nd' damp and part the-old filling end; devices} 9v sitiomwhenreplenishmentis ealled'forand te movI said blades 'bddilyinto Operative pothereafter to retract them, the-parted side of the ,fi11ing-"enii being i-idrawn through the shuttle eye when ifeplen-isl men-tis efi'ected" While theelitmped' side. ofslih filling-end is drawn throlighjtlieslpt bfrthelbdxwall, and: a .de'yice toj pgirt thei-"filling end near 1 the moii't-h Ofthe' ;shu'tt'le-.box,; relative movement n f ,thef.blades te: d mpena. part the; filling 3 aqjacenuhedelivery-e e, ay; having-Ya re:

plehishing shuttle-box apertured friea'liv its g tion through theihpertlire ef'the boxjwall,

f and yielding cp'hn'ectiohs between" said in strumentalit *amithe replenishing meehw nai s-151111 'the filliiig-endQ L v 23. In a; 100m provided I with automatic filling replenishingmechanism;a layl having two subscribing Witnesses;

seemsncis d win n fififi y-r the front Wall .oi ftheshuttle. when bexed 'iihpreperly "for i'eplenishment preventing actuation of. such I m'strume tality :to part -a shuttle-hex previded With-a front wall apertured near its outer' ez d, a shuttlehmking adjacent-its eye a recess adapted to register with the aperture When-the shuttle is some for replenishment; a ,-Y..c'a'rriermovable toward: and fromft-he lay. opposite the} @1181?- ture in the box wa1l,ma jblade "fixedj elifl thecarrier and having a; eiitting edggeeofip; ferating movable bladehavinge dogwnturned hooked rear uend, mea'ns aeti g Whenfreplem "'ishmentfl is" Called for to move thecarrier rearward and pesitien theibladesfpr era tion" within the aperture, salid movable. lade suelitime, to rock the bla dlel 'a nd eau se its the" recess of the. 'shuttle -anltlze n tofdraW "hobked end to engage the eldlfillingr'end'in shuttle eyeQaL ide device to epn thehledes whe'njthecarrier is' smoved rearward. f' e 1 v Inrestimb1iy whereo, I havesigne i'iny ,haine'to' this speeification, in the presence of QEARHOADEsQ I: n efs 1 NK FRENCH? 

